Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Before I get to my questions, starting with Ms. Johnston-Billings, I want to preface them with a case that's taking place in Windsor right now. It's not electronic metals and plastics; it's Windsor Salt, which is now owned by Stone Canyon Industries, a holding company from the United States. They also bought a facility in Lindbergh, Alberta and closed it down. It had been there since 1948. They also bought K+S in the United States—salt.
Now there's a strike. They're known for union busting. That's really what they're doing. This is only the second strike in over 100 years. I think it was 30-something years before that. It's their own natural resource.
I'm looking at the situation you're going through right now with Teck Resources Limited. This committee is going to be looking at Bill C-34, which is important. Unfortunately, previous governments raised the threshold for review, including on our natural resources, to stop many of the reviews that could have taken place—should have taken place—of many industries. I'll be moving an amendment to the act that would include any natural resources, especially when you look at some of the critical minerals we have coming through for the electrification of vehicles and so forth, to get an automatic review despite size.
The reason I'm raising all of this is that what has been used in this parliamentary system for the two decades I've been here is, “Don't worry about it, we can do undertakings.” We've seen undertakings. They supposedly create a head office in Canada. Whether they have job guarantees for a short period of time or they have production, we've seen that to be a lie as well, when you look at U.S. Steel and Hamilton.
My question to you with regard to your situation is this: Have you guys looked at undertakings? I don't have any confidence in them. I'm just wondering about the thoughts of the board or any of your analysis as to how serious you think that might be, especially given the reputation that's been well earned by Glencore versus others. I think we're pretty much just giving away accountability.
Perhaps you can highlight that. That's our law. We can create undertakings, but enforcing them is another story.